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...room with me." Kennedy spent a lot of time at Walter Reed hospital, with wounded soldiers. He gave a dying Senate reporter a watercolor he'd painted for her nursing home wall. He called every family of the 78 Massachusetts residents who died on September 11, to say "I'm sorry, and I'm here if you need me." He opened his Boston home to colleagues who had to come to town for cancer treatment. "An hour after my sister passed away, he was on the phone," said Senator Chris Dodd. "The moment you needed to hear from someone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of His Dying | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...peace -a lot of peace, actually - in the family get-together last night." When his sister Eunice died, Kennedy said that "I know that our parents and brothers and sisters who have gone before are filled with joy to have her by their side again. " Now his family could say the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of His Dying | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

John Clarke, the gallery's principal curator, says that Avalokiteshvara is sometimes depicted holding a blooming lotus - a symbol of spiritual purity. "It comes up from the mud, flowers, and remains untouched by the dirt that surrounded it," he says. You could say the same thing for the wonderful richness of Buddhist art. See www.vam.ac.uk for more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Divine Revelation: Buddhist Sculpture at the V&A | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...some see the Mexican laws as a step back rather than forward. Critics in Mexico say that decriminalizing users but not sellers will only strengthen the trafficking mafias that are waging a bloody turf war in Mexico. More than 12,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in the past three years. The cartels make an estimated $30 billion smuggling narcotics north to American users and some $5 billion more selling to the Mexican market. "It is illogical to have a law that allows drug consumption but does not control where it is coming from," says Representative Enrique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's New Drug Law May Set an Example | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...Karzai camp has issued similar charges, even as the President's campaign manager dismisses the charges by rivals: "If you are in second place, you say anything." However, Abdullah's claims received a shot in the arm on Aug. 25 from six other presidential hopefuls, including former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani, who alleged that widespread fraud took place on election day, largely to the President's advantage. At least 1,461 complaints have already been lodged with the Electoral Complaints Commission, more than 150 of which involve large numbers of votes and could affect the final outcome. The commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan's Long Vote Count: Room for Mischief? | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

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